Lehigh vs. Rutgers
Lehigh and Rutgers first met in 1884 and have played 51 times; Lehigh leads the series 27–24. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 6–4, and Rutgers has won the last 2. Share
- Lehigh wins
- 27
- Rutgers wins
- 24
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1884
- Longest streak
- 13 Lehigh
- Current streak
- 2 Rutgers
- Last 10 meetings
- Rutgers 6–4
- Most recent
- 1977
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–5 |
- Average margin
- 17.7 points; 14 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lehigh
- 17–12 Lehigh’s record at home
- At Rutgers
- 12–10 Rutgers’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 22
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lehigh’s biggest win1896: Lehigh 44, Rutgers 0by 44 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win1884: Rutgers 61, Lehigh 0by 61 points
- Upset1969: Lehigh 17, Rutgers 7Lehigh had a 4% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1951: Lehigh 21, Rutgers 6Lehigh had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1955: Lehigh 21, Rutgers 14Lehigh had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Lehigh | Series | Rutgers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–1920 | Tom Keady | 2–1 | George Sanford |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Lehigh’s side (Keady 2–1 against Sanford). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 29, 1895
1899 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Oct 8, 1899
1908 · Daily press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, Virginia, Oct 11, 1908
1918 · Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, Oct 28, 1918
1919 · Bisbee daily review, Arizona, Oct 12, 1919
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 15, 1977 | Rutgers 20, Lehigh 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 16, 1976 | Rutgers 28, Lehigh 21 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 11, 1975 | Lehigh 34, Rutgers 20 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 12, 1974 | Rutgers 37, Lehigh 16 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 22, 1973 | Rutgers 31, Lehigh 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 23, 1972 | Rutgers 41, Lehigh 13 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 9, 1971 | Lehigh 35, Rutgers 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 10, 1970 | Lehigh 7, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 11, 1969 | Lehigh 17, Rutgers 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 12, 1968 | Rutgers 29, Lehigh 26 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 7, 1967 | Rutgers 14, Lehigh 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 8, 1966 | Rutgers 42, Lehigh 14 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 9, 1965 | Rutgers 6, Lehigh 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 10, 1964 | Rutgers 20, Lehigh 7 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 19, 1963 | Rutgers 30, Lehigh 6 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | Rutgers 29, Lehigh 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 21, 1961 | Rutgers 32, Lehigh 15 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 22, 1960 | Rutgers 8, Lehigh 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 24, 1959 | Rutgers 23, Lehigh 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 25, 1958 | Rutgers 44, Lehigh 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 19, 1957 | Lehigh 13, Rutgers 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 27, 1956 | Lehigh 27, Rutgers 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 22, 1955 | Lehigh 21, Rutgers 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 23, 1954 | Lehigh 33, Rutgers 13 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 20, 1951 | Lehigh 21, Rutgers 6 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 28, 1950 | Lehigh 21, Rutgers 18 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 8, 1949 | Rutgers 40, Lehigh 27 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 23, 1948 | Rutgers 20, Lehigh 6 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 25, 1947 | Rutgers 46, Lehigh 13 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 16, 1946 | Rutgers 55, Lehigh 6 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 24, 1925 | Lehigh 7, Rutgers 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 13, 1923 | Rutgers 10, Lehigh 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 14, 1922 | Rutgers 13, Lehigh 7 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 8, 1921 | Lehigh 7, Rutgers 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 9, 1920 | Lehigh 9, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 11, 1919 | Lehigh 19, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 26, 1918 | Rutgers 39, Lehigh 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 10, 1908 | Lehigh 12, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 12, 1907 | Lehigh 16, Rutgers 6 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 12, 1902 | Lehigh 34, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 20, 1900 | Lehigh 21, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 7, 1899 | Lehigh 10, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 28, 1898 | Lehigh 12, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 14, 1896 | Lehigh 44, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Sep 28, 1895 | Lehigh 25, Rutgers 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 29, 1894 | Lehigh 24, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Oct 17, 1891 | Lehigh 22, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Nov 4, 1890 | Lehigh 4, Rutgers 2 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 7, 1888 | Lehigh 30, Rutgers 0 | at Lehigh | ||
| Nov 4, 1885 | Lehigh 10, Rutgers 5 | at Lehigh | ||
| Nov 1, 1884 | Rutgers 61, Lehigh 0 | at Rutgers |
Every game is listed as played on the field.